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"This child could be alive": Children's services might have saved murdered toddler if they had known of abuse, inquest hears

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Social services could have saved the life of a toddler if staff had been told of suspicions that she was being abused, a coroner has said.

Ella-Rose Clover, from Wythenshawe, was murdered by Michael Wild, her godmother’s boyfriend, in January 2019. Wild is now serving a life sentence.

An inquest at Manchester’s Coroners Court heard evidence from Lucy Birch, a service lead at Manchester City Council, who explained that, had they been made aware of clinicians' suspicions that Ella-Rose was being abused, staff could have spoken to Ella-Rose, interviewed her carers and potentially even taken her to safety.

Assistant coroner Nick Stanage, after hearing Ms Birch’s initial evidence, said: “If Manchester Children's Services had in either September

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